The cruise ship terminal at Puerta Maya in Cozumel, Mexico, features an extension known as a “dolphin” to its pier. This structure is designed to facilitate the mooring of ships and enhance the terminal’s capacity.
Bathed in the glow of the evening sun, the chemical tanker Obsidian lies moored at Terminal Remota in Progreso, Mexico.
A pier stretches into San Pablo Bay at California‘s China Camp State Park.
Ships docked at the Terminal Remota—the cargo terminal for the Port of Progreso, Mexico, at the tip of a 6.5-km-long pier that reaches out into the Gulf of Mexico.
The tall masts of the historic ships Balclutha and C.A. Thayer at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park.
The Royal Caribbean Cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas, docked at the International Pier, Cozumel, Mexico.
The first light of morning begins to light the Texas Gulf Coast’s Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier and adjacent beach.
The Gulf of Mexico crashes against granite rocks and blocks at the base of the Galveston Seawall, Texas.
An offshore storm begins to roll in over the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas.